Ordination of married couples and deacons… The revolution that Pope Francis wanted casts a shadow on the Church

Ordination of married couples and deacons… The revolution that Pope Francis wanted casts a shadow on the Church

“Without a climate of prayer, an ideology, a political position will come out of the Synod, but nothing real. If we are sincere, the Holy Spirit will push us to where we cannot even imagine.”Pope Francis writes for the Spanish journal Vida Nueva Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

Denial – The Pope intends to make a profound overhaul of the management of the Catholic establishment. A path disputed by many laymen and priests.

On this Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, August 15, the Catholic world celebrates one of its greatest meetings of the year. Still lulled by the reassuring success of YD in Portugal, the Church is nevertheless at a loss in the face of the orientations that the Pope intends to impose on the institution from the start of the academic year. Lisbon’s sweet summer solace can turn into a real fall shock.

Just before the World Youth Days, the Pope had already affirmed, with strong actions, his desire to reform the Church, at any cost and in three directions. First of all, its rule, which Francis wants to be more democratic and decentralized. Next, the Catholic theological vision, which should not be conservative but progressive, and in tune with the developments of modern society. and finally, his succession, which he prepares by reducing the number of cardinals opposed to his vision of the Church to a small minority among those who will elect his successor.

And so, on June 20, he posted…

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